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How to Become a member of TERMIS

Membership to TERMIS is open to individuals who are interested in the field
of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine and support the mission of
the Society.

There are two (2) ways to become a TERMIS Member:

Attend a TERMIS World Congress or Chapter Meeting
By attending a TERMIS meeting, you automatically become a member or renew
your membership until the end of the following year.

Example: You attend a TERMIS Chapter Meeting in either Toronto, London, or
Tokyo in 2007. You are automatically a member of the Society until December
31, 2008. If you then attend any of the Chapter meetings in 2008, you
automatically remain a member until December 31, 2009, and so on.

Pay the Annual Dues.
Membership dues to TERMIS are for the fiscal year (January - December of the current year).
Dues have been structured to encourage participation by students, in particular, as follows:

Regular Membership (annual dues: $100.00)
- Any individual who does not qualify as a Student Member.

Student Membership (annual dues: $25.00)
- Student: Any individual, who is engaged as a full-time graduate or undergraduate,
in a university or college program and is actively involved in research in
the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. A copy of your
student ID needs to be presented at the time of joining the Society.

- Young Investigator: Young Investigators are defined as persons who are employed
by an academic institution in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative
medicine, who have been awarded their doctoral degree within the past 3 years and
who are not holding an appointment as a faculty or academic staff in a university/research
institute. Young investigators are required to have their advisor/supervisor send a letter
as proof of the bona fide status of the young investigator.

TERMIS Developing/Emerging Countries
Groups A, B and C

TERMIS has announced changes to the category of the developing/emerging countries. Three
categories have been identified within the TERMIS membership based on geographical
location.

Group A membership is for those who are located in an established
country, within the remit of a continental chapter, that has a developed scientific
infrastructure. There is no change to the membership conditions within these countries which
are, for the record: (In Europe) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel,
Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,
United Kingdom, (In the Americas) Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rica, USA, (In
Asia-Pacific) Australia, China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand.

Group B involves location within a country that has limited
scientific infrastructure, or within a country that lies outside of the existing
responsibility of continental chapters (i.e. most of Africa), such that individuals have
limited prospects of belonging to a TERM society. These individuals, on application, will
become members of TERMIS Global, without payment of a membership fee. These countries are:
(In Europe) Albania, Andorra, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, San Marino, (In the
Americas) all Central America and Caribbean Countries. Bolivia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay,
Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela (In Asia-Pacific), Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei,
Cambodia, East Timor, Korea (North), Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Oman,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Yemen (In Africa) all African countries not listed in
Group C, Africa.

In Group C are countries that do have some scientific infrastructure
and has some TERM activity, and where there is the prospect of establishing a national or
regional society or community and which could aspire to become fully recognized within a
continental chapter. Initially these are considered similar to Group B but would transfer
to Group A as appropriate, such considerations being made on a case-by-case basis. These
countries are: (In Europe), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia,
Malta, Monaco, Ukraine, (In the Americas) Chile, Columbia, (In Asia-Pacific) all Oceana
Countries except Australia and New Zealand, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, The Philippines,
United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, (In Africa) Algeria, Egypt, Mauritius, Nigeria, South
Africa.